Founding Product Engineer — Venture Platform & Infrastructure
ABOUT THE STUDIO
Utopia Studio is an AI-native venture builder for the Global South, backed by Qatar Development Bank. We work with domain experts across the GCC, Southeast Asia, and Africa to accelerate venture creation through AI-driven execution and shared infrastructure.
At the core is Utopia OS — a modular platform that automates what's repeatable, embeds AI agents across workflows, and lets learning compound across ventures.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for a founding product engineer to build the platform and infrastructure side of Utopia OS. You’ll design, develop, and scale the shared systems, data pipelines, and full-stack applications that power dozens of AI-native ventures launching from Doha for the Global South.
You’ll combine deep backend expertise with the ability to deliver seamless, data-driven web experiences that make AI-native venture building faster and smarter.
You will work as part of a product trio with the Design Lead and the Rapid Prototyping Engineer, making joint decisions on discovery, scope, and technical approach.
Reports to: Studio Director
Growth path: Head of AI Platform / CTO track
RESPONSIBILITIES
PLATFORM ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURE
- Architect, build, and maintain Utopia OS infrastructure: auth, data systems, deployment, monitoring, analytics
- Develop full-stack web apps and plugins for studio-wide decisioning and analytics
- Build and maintain data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and deployment across all ventures
- Develop and maintain robust backend systems and APIs, integrating modern databases (Postgres, Supabase, PlanetScale) and data architectures (Iceberg, Delta Lake).
- Implement data pipelines and transformation workflows (Dagster, Airflow) to enable real-time analytics across ventures.
- Create clear, reusable documentation and internal tooling to standardize engineering practices across the platform.
- Take early-stage products and harden them for scale, reliability, and...